• A Proven Technology's Time Has Come…Again

    While you're not likely to see a cover story on data historians in BusinessWeek, you need to know that the massive volumes of real-time data underpinning Demand-Driven Supply Networks (DDSNs) won't be handled by your familiar Relational Database Management System ...
    Year: 2005

    The RtPM Data Center

    The RtPM Data Center - this is a concept whose time has come. In building these data centers, be they maintenance and diagnostic centers, or vendor-managed inventory centers, we must move away from the confines of a project-focused mentality and ...
    Year: 2005

    Welcome Address(12)

    Mark Hughes, President of OSIsoft, welcomes users to the 2005 user conference.
    Year: 2005

    Early Equipment Failure Detection at Reliant Using PI and SmartSignal

    Reliant Energy utilizes their PI infrastructure for Early Equipment Failure Detection. By leveraging ProcessBook, ActiveView, ACE, and bolting on SmartSignal, Reliant Energy has achieved significant savings in avoided failures.
    Year: 2007

    Creating a Corporate PI Server

    Describes how Kennecott Utah Copper (KUC) replaced a relational database with a Company PI Server at Kennecott as a system of record for shift and daily data. We used basic PI functionality, some old and some new, including PI-API, PI-OLEDB, ...
    Year: 2007